. >>> in newtown, connecticut, thousands of people from all over the country came to pay their respects on christmas day. volunteers have been keeping watch over a candle light vigil for the 20 children and 6 adults who died in the massacre. and at christmas services, they were told that good always overcomes evil. >> i can't believe something like this happened. i have two little children and i'm able to go home to them and some of their parents aren't. so i'm just here to pay my respects. >> it's not just small towns around connecticut, south carolina, brooklyn, you know, it's deserved of course, but it's hard to compartmentalize this. >> volunteers from nearby towns filled in for the newtown police force so those officers could spend the day with their families. >>> there are disturbing details about the killing of two firefighters near rochester, new york, including a letter from the killer. 62-year-old william spangler used the same make and caliber rifle that was used in the newtown attack. police yesterday read from a typed letter that spangler left behind. >> i still have to get